World War II Honoree

Noel Eugene Washam

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Roswell, New Mexico

Honored By

Larry E. Washam

Relationship

Son

NOEL LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH, FRANCE. WORLD WAR II BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS INCLUDED NORTHERN FRANCE (OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1944, A MAJOR OFFENSIVE TO TAKE ANTWERP, BELGIUM), ARDENNES (BATTLE OF THE BULGE, DECEMBER 1944), RHINELAND (FINAL CAMPAIGN FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1945, SHATTERING FIVE GERMAN ARMIES), CENTRAL EUROPE (APRIL TO MAY 1945, WHERE THE ATTACK BATTERED ITS WAY INTO BERLIN) AND NORTH AFRICA. NOEL RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CITATION, THE MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.